SEATTLE — No matter how much work Ben Rice did at first base on the backfields of Tampa or before games — and there was plenty — none of it could quite make up for the experience he gets there during ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Jorge Polanco has some time to work on the finer points of playing first base — but not too much time, with Opening Day less than a month away. Access the Mets beat like never ...

When the Miami Marlins signed Christopher Morel, the plan was to use him at first base, a position he had never played before. Turns out he still hasn’t played the position. The oblique injury he ...

The stated mission of the Mets offseason entails preventing more runs, which has led David Stearns into a drastic winter renovation of the roster. Replacing Jeff McNeil with Gold Glove winner Marcus ...